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Men get prison in connection with 2010 slaying

Two Flint men convicted in connection with the robbery and murder of a former Livingston County man were sentenced to prison Monday.

Floyd Gene Perkins, 23, received an automatic life sentence for second-degree murder of John “Andy” Mick, 53, who was found shot to death outside River Village Apartments near downtown Flint in August 2010. He also was sentenced to 23.75-50 years for armed robbery and conspiracy to commit that crime. Those sentences run consecutive to a two-year sentence for felony firearms.

One of his co-defendants, Aaron Williams, 33, was sentenced to 25-50 years for armed robbery and two-and-a-half years to five years for conspiracy to commit that crime, which runs consecutive to his two-year sentence for felony firearms.

Williams was charged with first-degree murder, but the jury could not reach a verdict on that charge.

Williams and Perkins also were ordered to pay $689,688 in restitution, according to Genesee County court records.

A third co-defendant, Kenya Ali Hyatt, faces sentencing Aug. 25 for murder, armed robbery and felony firearms convictions. A special hearing has to be held for Hyatt, who was 17 at the time of the murder.

The Genesee County prosecutor’s office is seeking a sentence of life without parole against Hyatt, who was 17 at the time of the killing.

A 2012 U.S. Supreme Court ruling deemed it unconstitutional for juveniles to face a mandatory life sentence without parole.

In light of that decision, Gov. Rick Snyder signed a law in March giving judges the discretion to sentence teen killers to life in prison or 25 to more than 60 years in prison.

Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said a sentence of life without parole for Hyatt is appropriate because the evidence showed Hyatt was the shooter.

Authorities said Mick, of Goodrich, was assaulted and killed outside his security vehicle during an attempted robbery in which the defendants allegedly wanted to steal Mick’s utility belt, which held his gun and other items.

Mick, who was retired from General Motors Co., lived in Brighton and worked as a security guard at the General Motors Co. Proving Ground on the Oakland-Livingston county line before he took a job with LaGarda Security in Flint.